Karl wrote:I legitimately think Trump might snap, throw a tantrum, and order the nuking of North Korea. I hope the generals have the balls to tell him no.

The generals don’t have any say in the matter though.

To order a nuclear strike, Trump only needs to key in the codes and tell them where to fire. It also requires the Secretary of Defence to enter their code, but the SoD doesn’t have a choice in the matter (they could refuse but they would be instantly replaced by somebody who would do it!).

I genuinely think that the only thing that will save us is that there is no way Trump has managed to remember any of those codes.

Karl wrote:I legitimately think Trump might snap, throw a tantrum, and order the nuking of North Korea. I hope the generals have the balls to tell him no.

The generals don’t have any say in the matter though.

To order a nuclear strike, Trump only needs to key in the codes and tell them where to fire. It also requires the Secretary of Defence to enter their code, but the SoD doesn’t have a choice in the matter (they could refuse but they would be instantly replaced by somebody who would do it!).

You would hope in that situation somebody immediately tries to enact the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office on the grounds of mental instability.

Karl wrote:I legitimately think Trump might snap, throw a tantrum, and order the nuking of North Korea. I hope the generals have the balls to tell him no.

The generals don’t have any say in the matter though.

To order a nuclear strike, Trump only needs to key in the codes and tell them where to fire. It also requires the Secretary of Defence to enter their code, but the SoD doesn’t have a choice in the matter (they could refuse but they would be instantly replaced by somebody who would do it!).

Luckily the strike orders are still given to actual humans who have to actually push the button/turn the key to launch the nukes, so hopefully they'd refuse to do so.

Unless it's from a submarine of course in which case the missiles can be launched remotely.